The Fantastically Fabulous Round 1 Recap!Round 1 of the first annual .info Tournament of Tunes has come and gone. There was action and excitement, late combacks, joy and heartbreak. But really, the party begins in round 2. Round 1 was a good opportunity for some songs to get some tourney experience, but at the end of the day there were only 3 upsets...two 10 seeds and one 11 seed. (Unless you want to count the three victorious 9-seeds as upsets.) Let\'s rundown some of the more interesting matchups:
Pearl Street Region:[/SIZE]
In the most surprising bracket, top seed Scheme pulled the only shutout over hapless Prom \'97. In the closest battle of the week, the fans showed their emotional side in voting #9 Fairy over #8 What the Funk by one vote. #5 Score rocked #12 Phaddy Boom Baddy by thirty-four votes, proving that Phaddy is a program in trouble. 3 years ago it would have been a contender to win, now it faces near Bouncing-Around-The-Room-Status. It\'s not a bad song, but the fans seem to have turned on it for the time being. The 10, 11, and 14 seeds were all instrumental underdogs, but two out of three emerged victorious. #10 Frankly Po Zest doubled up #7 Vera Street, while #11 Wake Up in a Coma beat #6 No Regret going away. While I did predict FPZ over Vera Street, your humble author is very surprised that two old-school instrumentals that do not get played very often so easily defeated two songs on the newest album. That would have made for a hot parlay.
The Booth Region:[/SIZE]
#1 seed Rufus easily defeated Beer Jubilee, but Beer Jubilee became the crowd darling of the first round. Team Jubilee did an excellent job getting the name and the song out there, and for the first time in three years there were many "Bring Back Beer Jubilee" posts. Beer Jubilee is a song on the rise right now. In a surprisingly lopsided old-school 8/9 battle, #9 Eppy I crushed #8 LDZ. To some extent Eppy I is riding on the coattails of the en fuego Eppy II. Two more old-school vs. Real Radio matchups showed that there is a lot of old-school sentiment coming into the tournament. #6 seed Doughboy only held off #11 Cut Me Some Slack by two votes, while #10 seed Attraction pummeled #7 Dimension 5 by thirty votes. Doughboy has opened a ton of sets in the last year and is on the new album, yet could only win by 2 over a rare old-school instrumental. Attraction, which is 90% instrumental, took down another Real Radio song in a battle of Ron songs.
Toad\'s Place Region:[/SIZE]
A very straightforward region featured a see-saw battle between #8 Garcian Fishbowl and #9 Question Mark and the Mind. In the end old-school won out again as Garcian pulled through by four votes. Other than that, this bracket really begins this week.
Winston\'s Region[/SIZE]
No close matchups and no upsets. Further advancing the old-school powerhouse theory, #8 Superfly handily took down #9 Fresh Cut. Real tourney begins now.
Round 1 was a nice appetizer, and the heavyweight battles are yet to come. Check out my Totally Tubular Round 2 Predictions post!
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The Totally Tubular Round 2 Predictions![/COLOR]
Now that we know how many people are voting, we can do some point spreads and money lines
Note: I am not taking action on these lines, as it may compromise the integrity of the tourney. These lines are being provided as a service if you would like to place wagers amongst yourselves.
Pearl Street Region:[/SIZE]
1 Scheme
9 FairySpead: Scheme -55
Money Line: Scheme -2800
Odds to win it all: Scheme 6:1, Fairy 10,000:1
Comment: Scheme should win handily, but will be tested later.
4 Inner Glimpse
5 ScoreSpread: Score -7
Money Line: Score -140
Odds to Win It All: Score 225:1, Inner Glimpse 400:1
Comment: This one\'s gonna be close! After a tough first round for Real Radio, it will be forced to lose another song.
3 Sundance
11 Wake Up In A ComaSpread: Sundance -17
Money Line: Sundance -225
Odds to Win It All: Sundance 125:1, WUIAC 500:1
Comment: Lots of composition go into this heady mathchup, but Sundance has too much versatility for WUIAC.
2 Hardluck Harry
10 Frankly Po ZestSpread: Harry -23
Money Line: Harry -330
Odds to Win It All: HLH 12:1, FPZ 475:1
Comment: HLH does not need assistance badly...yet.
The Booth Region:[/SIZE]
1 Rufus
9 Episode I (Happy)Spread: Rufus -29
Money Line: Rufus -1350
Odds To Win It All: Rufus 5:2, Eppy I 750:1
Comment: Eppy I will make a strong showing against the top seed, but Team Rufus will ensure victory.
4 See The Light
5 Beef BarleySpread: STL -7.5
Money Line: STL -170
Odds To Win It All: STL 110:1, BB 160:1
Comment: Super old-school matchup, STL has the early edge off of an impressive squashing of Bugs.
3 Taboo or Not Taboot
6 DoughboySpread: TONT -4.5
Money Line: TONT -130
Odds To Win It All: TONT 30:1, Doughboy 60:1
Comment: As an oddsmaker I have to make TONT the slight favorite, but I\'ll stick with my pre-tourney prediction that this will be Doughboy\'s money day.
2 Escher\'s Etchings
10 Attraction to Shade DittySpread: Escher\'s -22
Money Line: Escher\'s -450
Odds To Win It All: Eschers 10:1, ATSD 400:1
Comment: ATSD will always be a fan favorite, but Escher\'s will be transcending the mood in this matchup.
Toad\'s Place Region:[/SIZE]
1 Buquebus
9 Garcian FishbowlSpread: Buquebus -37.5
Money Line: Buquebus -2250
Odds To Win It All: Buquebus 3:2, Garcian 2500:1
Comment: Eat Your Buquebus \'Cross The Nation
4 The Chase
5 PuppetrySpread: The Chase -2
Money Line: The Chase -115
Odds To Win It All: Chase 180:1, Puppetry 190:1
Comment: Toughest to predict of them all. The Chase gets the slight edge due to a couple of people who are super-rowdy Chase fans.
3 Great Big Fiery Ball in the Sky
6 Sleeping BeautySpread: Fiery Ball -13
Money Line: Fiery Ball -170
Odds To Win It All: Fiery Ball 180:1, Sleeping Beauty 500:1
Comment: No sleepers here...Fiery Ball moves to the Sweet 16.
2 Gravity
7 Drunk Monk BarSpread: Gravity -24.5
Money Line: Gravity -420
Odds To Win It All: Gravity 12:1, DMB 300:1
Comment: This means war! Going against the old-school power theory, new muscle Gravity eliminates Drunk Monk Bar.
Winston\'s Region[/SIZE]
1 Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode II)
8 Superfly Phaddy FatSpread: Eppy II -60
Money Line: Eppy II -3250
Odds To Win It All: Eppy II 1:1, SPF 5500:1
Comment: Eppy II will have its voodoo in SPF\'s head all week long.
4 Spunk
5 MergeSpead: Pick \'Em
Money Line: Merge -100
Odds To Win It All: Spunk 600:1, Merge 600:1
Comment: Dead heat. Choose wisely.
3 Gladys Pimp and Kangaroos With Me
6 Mayfly DisarraySpread: Mayfly -2
Money Line: Mayfly -115
Odds To Win It All: Gladys 210:1, Mayfly 200:1
Comment: Mayfly comes into the second round as the only lower seed to be a favorite due to much more frequent rotation.
2 Tribal Funk Affliction
7 Wild Pack of AsscracksSpread: TFA -31
Money Line: TFA -550
Odds To Win It All: TFA 19:1, WPOA 124:1
Comment: Nice showing by WPOA in round 1, but TFA and Eppy II seem pre-destined for a showdown in the regional final.
Happy Voting!
